THE VOYAGE TO CADIZ ad. 



1596. 

 called Dodman head : we were constrained the next day, 

 to make our returne to the road of Plymmouth againe, 

 and there in the Sownds to lie at ancre for that night. 

 About this time, and in this very place, by good 

 fortune there came to my handes a prayer in English, 

 touching this present Action, and made by her Majestic, 

 as it was voyced : The prayer seemed to me to be most 

 excellent, aswell for the matter, as also for the manner, 

 and therefore for certaine divers good motives which then 

 presently came to my minde, and whereof hereafter in 

 his more convenient time and place, I will make farther 

 mention, I presumed at that very instant to translate it 

 into Latine. 



The Prayer is thus. 



MOst Omnipotent maker and guide of all our worlds 

 masse, that onely searchest and fadomest the 

 bottome of all our hearts conceits, and in them seest 

 the true originals of all our actions intended : thou that 

 by thy foresight doest truely discerne, how no malice of 

 revenge, nor quittance of injury, nor desire of bloodshed, 

 nor greedinesse of lucre hath bred the resolution of our 

 now set out Army, but a heedfull care, & wary watch, 

 that no neglect of foes, nor over-suretie of harme might 

 breed either daunger to us, or glory to them : these being 

 the grounds wherewith thou doest enspire the mind, we 

 humbly beseech thee with bended knees, prosper the 

 worke, and with best forewindes guide the journey, speed 

 the victory, and make the returne the advancement of 

 thy glory, the tryumph of their fame, and surety to the 

 Realme, with the least losse of the English blood. To 

 these devout petitions Lord give thou thy blessed grant. 



My homely translation is thus. 



SUmme praepotens Deus, immensae hujus totius nostri 

 mundi molis fabricator & Rector, qui solus perscru- 

 taris intimos cordis nostri sensus, & ad fundum usque 

 nostrarum cogitationum explorando penetras, ac in eis, 



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